Archaic acupuncture and WuXing 五行
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This case report will explain how ancient Chinese started to use in acupuncture WuXing together with direct archaic method of supply of yin and yang to meridians controlled by pulse palpation. Pulse reading Here is a male patient who's pulse according to archaic acupuncture pulse diagnosis explained in NanJing is showing Lung, Spleen, Pericardium are in yin excess, Heart is yin deficient and Large Intestine, Stomach, SanJiao are in yang excess, Small intestine is yang deficient. Another way to write pulse map is to mark excesses with red and deficiencies with black in WuXing cycle. Please note, that Pericardium and SanJiao are shown in water position as their pulse on the wrist is in the water position too. Both organ's function is transport of interstitial fluids. Time of treatment Patient had an appointment at 2pm, so his treatment was organised accordingly to qi flow explained in first difficulty of NanJing. Time of treatment is known as yang victory, which changes every 12 hours. Practitioners of archaic acupuncture may observe changes of yin and yang victory through pulse as described in third difficulty of NanJing Treatment time fits into two periods of 28.8 minutes each. It starts with period of active yang meridians and continues with period of active yin meridians according to the first difficulty of NanJIng and pulse of patient. Each yin and yang periods starts with Rong 榮 qi on the left arm and right leg meridians and Wei 衛 qi on the right arm and left leg. Length of each period of Ron and Wei circulation is known as one cut 刻 and lasts 14.4 minutes, next periods starts of Rong and Wei circulation on the opposite side. Practitioners of archaic acupuncture can observe changes of Rong and Wei circulation through the pulse. These changes also described in first difficulty of Nanjing. Direct treatment of archaic acupuncture. Aim of archaic acupuncture treatment is to direct Celestial Yang of Yang victory towards deficient yang meridians to feed their Rong and towards excessive yang meridians to feed their Wei, towards excessive yin meridians to decrease their Rong and towards deficient yin meridians to decrease their Wei. For these purpuses practitioners use right and left hand and foot meridians differently. Pucture shows Right and Left sides of the body and Wei circulation marked with red and Rong circulation marked with black colours. Treatment uses three yin and three yang meridians. For example Excessive SanJiao on the Wei side is linked with Gall Bladder meridian on the same Rong side and opposite Wei side. To connect opposite sides of Shao Yang odd extraordinary meridian Du may is used. Extraordinary meridians connect Rong and Wei circulation, and separate Rong and Wei sides according to archaic acupuncture. This archaic treatment requeres use of all three yin and yang meridians to fully restore pulse of patient. Development of archaic acupuncture into WuXing Full pulse guiding of acupuncture treatment developed procedure of pulse normalization into simple routine based on Wuxing theory. This routine has become so minimalistic and effective, that started to be used later without any pulse control. In our case all steps will be explained according pulse guided practice of archaic acupuncture for sake of better understanding and reasoning of each step. It is a normal procedure used in archaic acupuncture for evaluation of success of treatment. |
Basis of archaic wuxing theory in acupuncture
Wuxin theory explains, that mother produces the child, sending to him her Qi. Mother may be a child of it's mother in the same moment, receiving qi or emptying it's mother. As example practitioner puncturing spleen will move excess from the mother of the spleen, the heart. From the other side spleen will be sending it's qi towards lung, fulfilling its deficiency.
Case report
First cut from 2:06. Start of yang meridian activity.Gall bladder meridian on both sides was treated with superficial and deep needling depending Rong and Wei side. SanJiao meridian was treated simultaneously on the right wei arm. Pulse normalised and all excesses and deficiencies disappeared before dumai extraordinary meridian was used. It may happen because Shao yang meridian has connect hand and arm branches on the right side of the body without connection with left GB meridian. Gall bladder meridian is used to move yang qi from Urinary bladder and to send the excess to yang deficient Small intestine meridian.
Second cut from 2:20. Yang meridian activity continuation. Second cut started as the first with all meridians in unbalance, which often happen in the start of treatment during the rong and wei change of the circulation. First SanJiao was punctured superficially along left wei arm, pulse checked. No improvement. Gall bladder meridian on the right wei leg was punctured superficially and pulse chacked. No improvement. Dumai meridian was punctured with purpose to connect right and left parts of Shao Yang wei meridian. Pulse was checked showing full normalisation of all excesses and deficiencies. It explains function of Dumai odd extraordinary meridian function to connect Rong and Wei parts of same pares of meridians used during the treatment. Gall Bladder meridian on the left rong leg was treated deeply to connect shao yang rong and wei parts on the same side. Gall bladder meridian is used to move yang qi from Urinary bladder and to send the excess to yang deficient Small intestine meridian.
Fourth cut from 2:34. Start of yin meridian activity. Third cut started with all meridians in balance except Sanjiao and Pericardium in excess. It shows that condition of patient is already significantly improved. Right spleen meridian was punctured on the right rong side deep. Pulse checked, no improvement. Left Lung rong meridian was punctured deep, pulse checked, no improvement. Ren mai odd extraordinary meridian was punctured to connect right and left side of Tae Yin rong parts of meridian. Pulse has shown immediate normalization of SanJiao and Pericardium meridians. Spleen meridian is used to move yang excess from yang excessive Heart meridian (yin deficient) and send it towards yang deficient Lung meridian (yin excessive) treating same spleen with celestial yang.
Fourth cut from 2:48. Fourth cut started with all meridians in balance except SanJiao and Pericardium returned to excess. Left spleen meridian was punctured on the right rong side deep. Pulse checked, no improvement. Right Lung rong meridian was punctured deep, pulse checked, no improvement. Ren mai odd extraordinary meridian was punctured to connect right and left side of Tae Yin rong parts of meridian. Pulse has shown immediate normalization of SanJiao and Pericardium meridians. Spleen meridian is used to move yang excess from yang excessive Heart meridian (yin deficient) and send it towards yang deficient Lung meridian (yin excessive) treating same spleen with celestial yang.
Fifth cut from 3:02. started with all meridians fully balanced. Patient was left without any needles for ten minutes, pulse checked again, pulse of all meridians maintained in balance.
Conclusion
This case report is only an example of dayly practice of archaic acupuncture using pulse guided treatment.
Objective measurements show importance of use of selestial Qi of yin and yang victory which is observed in pulse changes. It shows an importance of use of active yin and yang meridians which is observed in pulse changes. It shows explanation of function of extraordinary odd meridians Du mai and Ren Mai. It shows function and use of Rong and Wei circulation. All objective pulse changes are described in first difficulty of Nanjing by matematicians of Zhou dynasty and have its modern astronomical explanation.
Wuxin theory explains, that mother produces the child, sending to him her Qi. Mother may be a child of it's mother in the same moment, receiving qi or emptying it's mother. As example practitioner puncturing spleen will move excess from the mother of the spleen, the heart. From the other side spleen will be sending it's qi towards lung, fulfilling its deficiency.
Case report
First cut from 2:06. Start of yang meridian activity.Gall bladder meridian on both sides was treated with superficial and deep needling depending Rong and Wei side. SanJiao meridian was treated simultaneously on the right wei arm. Pulse normalised and all excesses and deficiencies disappeared before dumai extraordinary meridian was used. It may happen because Shao yang meridian has connect hand and arm branches on the right side of the body without connection with left GB meridian. Gall bladder meridian is used to move yang qi from Urinary bladder and to send the excess to yang deficient Small intestine meridian.
Second cut from 2:20. Yang meridian activity continuation. Second cut started as the first with all meridians in unbalance, which often happen in the start of treatment during the rong and wei change of the circulation. First SanJiao was punctured superficially along left wei arm, pulse checked. No improvement. Gall bladder meridian on the right wei leg was punctured superficially and pulse chacked. No improvement. Dumai meridian was punctured with purpose to connect right and left parts of Shao Yang wei meridian. Pulse was checked showing full normalisation of all excesses and deficiencies. It explains function of Dumai odd extraordinary meridian function to connect Rong and Wei parts of same pares of meridians used during the treatment. Gall Bladder meridian on the left rong leg was treated deeply to connect shao yang rong and wei parts on the same side. Gall bladder meridian is used to move yang qi from Urinary bladder and to send the excess to yang deficient Small intestine meridian.
Fourth cut from 2:34. Start of yin meridian activity. Third cut started with all meridians in balance except Sanjiao and Pericardium in excess. It shows that condition of patient is already significantly improved. Right spleen meridian was punctured on the right rong side deep. Pulse checked, no improvement. Left Lung rong meridian was punctured deep, pulse checked, no improvement. Ren mai odd extraordinary meridian was punctured to connect right and left side of Tae Yin rong parts of meridian. Pulse has shown immediate normalization of SanJiao and Pericardium meridians. Spleen meridian is used to move yang excess from yang excessive Heart meridian (yin deficient) and send it towards yang deficient Lung meridian (yin excessive) treating same spleen with celestial yang.
Fourth cut from 2:48. Fourth cut started with all meridians in balance except SanJiao and Pericardium returned to excess. Left spleen meridian was punctured on the right rong side deep. Pulse checked, no improvement. Right Lung rong meridian was punctured deep, pulse checked, no improvement. Ren mai odd extraordinary meridian was punctured to connect right and left side of Tae Yin rong parts of meridian. Pulse has shown immediate normalization of SanJiao and Pericardium meridians. Spleen meridian is used to move yang excess from yang excessive Heart meridian (yin deficient) and send it towards yang deficient Lung meridian (yin excessive) treating same spleen with celestial yang.
Fifth cut from 3:02. started with all meridians fully balanced. Patient was left without any needles for ten minutes, pulse checked again, pulse of all meridians maintained in balance.
Conclusion
This case report is only an example of dayly practice of archaic acupuncture using pulse guided treatment.
Objective measurements show importance of use of selestial Qi of yin and yang victory which is observed in pulse changes. It shows an importance of use of active yin and yang meridians which is observed in pulse changes. It shows explanation of function of extraordinary odd meridians Du mai and Ren Mai. It shows function and use of Rong and Wei circulation. All objective pulse changes are described in first difficulty of Nanjing by matematicians of Zhou dynasty and have its modern astronomical explanation.
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